This week in baseball books, featuring the best-sellers according to Amazon.com on Friday, August 7.
| Title | Rank |
|---|---|
| General | |
Munson: The Life and Death of a Yankee Captain, Appel  |
1 |
| Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, Lewis | 2 |
| Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend, Tye | 3 |
| The Yankee Years, Torre and Verducci | 4 |
| Heads Up Baseball: Playing the Game One Pitch at a Time, Hanson and Ravizza | 5 |
| Essays and Writing | |
Moneyball  |
1 |
| Heads Up Baseball: Playing the Game One Pitch at a Time, Hanson and Ravizza | 2 |
| As They See ‘Em: A Fan’s Travels in the Land of Umpires, Weber | 3 |
| Beyond Belief: Finding the Strength to Come Back, Hamilton and Keown |
4 |
| The Mental Keys to Hitting, Dorfman | 5 |
| History | |
| Munson | 1 |
| Satchel | 2 |
| Bert Sugar’s Baseball Hall of Fame: A Living History of America’s Greatest Game | 3 |
| Yogi Berra, Eternal Yankee, Barra | 4 |
| Worth the Wait: Tales of the 2008 Phillies, Stark | 5 |
| Statistics | |
Watching Baseball Smarter, Hample  |
1 |
| Baseball Between the Numbers: Why Everything You Know About the Game is Wrong, Baseball Prospectus | 2 |
| The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball, Tango et al | 3 |
| Understanding Sabermetrics: An Introduction to the Science of Baseball Statistics, Costsa, Huber, Saccoman | 4 |
| Baseball Prospectus 2009 |
5 |
Analysis: Munson continues to do well, around the anniversary of his death 30 years ago and Satchel follows suit (the books rank 22 and 23, respectively, on The New York Times bestseller list for hardcover non-fiction). New titles breaking into the top five include a couple of “instructionals.” Is this an indication that young ballplayers are heading back to school and need some tutoring?
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